Bottle-rack.



S. L. GOLDMAN.

BOTTLE RACK.

AYPLIOATION IILBD 00T.5, 1911.

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S. L. GOLDMAN.

BOTTLE BACK.

APPLIoATIoN FILED oor. 5, 1911.

` 1,012,843. Patented Deaz, 1911.

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S. L. GOLDMAN.

BOTTLE BACK.

Arrmonmn Hmm oo'r. 5, 1911.

Patented Dec. 26

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S. L. GOLDMAN.

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1,012,843. Patented 1386.26, 1911.

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ling atl M Aii, a citizen ofthe United States,residv useful Improvement in Bottle-Racks, of-

`whichthe'fllowing is aspecification'.` ,The present `invention relates to animracks. for receiving bottles soaking machine', of the type of the machine `exemplified in 'Letters Patent vNo."

tened by rivets atp-13. At the 'open base of Qthe rack the edges of the'sides 11 are tubu- Elarly beaded, as-shown at 14,'with rods 15- confined in the beads. for reinforcement;

920,564, granted to me May '4, 1909, and

' automaticallyidischarging them from the' machine after undergoingl cleansing operation.

- `More particularly, 'my .present invention is designed as an improvement-upon the conoperating for conining -the bottles while traveling i struction of the rack 'of my Patent No; 966,008, dated August* 2,1910; myprimary to provide for automatically.

object bein e carrier-gate, to close the rack i through the machine to the point 'of their at that point ofthe bottlesyby durable and: positively-acting means, thereby to'v avoid*- the use of .springmechanism for` controlling the gate,- which tends to get out of order 1 oop l' 35 latter' in one position` of thefrack in' ,travellikeA that presente invFig. 3, but showingfit" 'carrierchains o discharge and to open it fon/the discharge and isins'uieiently reliable in operation..A

'In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a broken view in elevation of my' im proved rack, showing, `fin; ai diagrammatic way', 4.cams interposed in the. paths of incans- `fined against longitudinal -shifting by colat opposite ends ofthe gatfor opening the ing through the cleansing machine,'g and [thereafter closing it.; Fig. '2 is a plan-view ofthe raclr; Fig.. 3 an end view of the rack, showingi th agl. e of inclination at which it is su 'po ed on a pair of endless which oe -is illustrated by dotted representationr'and also showing the direction 'inwhich itv extends when \at one *side of the machine; Fig. 4 is a section on.

line 4, Fig..1'; Fi 5 visa view of the rack extending intheA reverse direction, or that 'fvertieal section through the rack as repre-. `@sentedin Figwl; Fig. 7 isa broken section in. which it extends when onthe opposite side of the machine; Fig. 6 isaJ longitudinal 'en Fig. 8 a perspective of one of `"the two similar levers ful- ,c edo positeendsof vthe gate-forming-itu ilar r. fer carrying the cam-enga fin Fig. 9. is asimilar view'- s 'peciileation o'f Lettere-Patent. ppncauenf'nieafoctober 5,1911: serial mi. eqao'zs,

Chicago, in thecounty of' (lool: and State 'offllinoiav have invented anew-'and- Y Patented lie-...26.

'voile-ofthe two similar cennected gateprovided on the rack towork upon one face and operating slotted cam-heads @thereof near 'its oppofsite ends.' The preferred general body of therack is the same as' that set forth" in'sa'id former Patent No. 966,008,- -I com prising tliewtwo similar tapered end- -hea s. ing the 'open base of the rack, withv perforated partitions12 at intervals between 10, 4and perforate sides 1 1, 11 formtlie sides,'fto' which they. areshown to be fasand Ia'reinforcingangle-bar 16 is rivited to the face ofl one side to extend acrossfit for a similar purpose. Centrally fromthe outer faces 'of the opposite heads 10 proj-ect reinforced perforated ears 17 adapted to .be

rivetedv to .the endless. chains forming the vertically-traveling 'conveyer 18 of the machine, substantially as shown' in said Fatent .Nol 920,564. Each? head 10 is providedon its wider end, preferably'as an ii'itegral part thereof, `witlia bracket 19, forming an arcshaped guiding-loopl20'at that end of the rack for tliegate 21 and an arched guiding- 22 on the edge vofthe head for a camslotted head 24, hereinafter described. The gate 21l is shown. as a cylindrical tubular bar projecting at its endsthrough the guides 20,. which support it and inwhich it is con- .shoe 27- having a convex face26, and cen' trallyon its inner end `a boss 28 with a stud`29 projecting from it. The, two studs 29 enter and are rigidly fastenedA in the opposite ends of a tube l30 to unite the two camheads24 and cause themto move -to- .gether. Each end of the gate-forming bar 21is"V embraced, between the collar '2 3 thereon and the outer face of the adjacent head 1 0, bythe forkedend of a curved lever 31 fulcrumed at its opposite end on a stud 32 projectingfrom that face of the 'rack-head' and having a linger 33 projecting .at a suitable angle from its fulcrumed end to project through and lwork vin a camslot25.

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construction of the In the use of myimproved rack it forms, in the manner shown and described in said Patent N o. 920,564, one of an endless series of racks extending 'between chains forming a vertically-traveling endless conveyer, to.' which t-hey are fastened :at the ears 17, in

thcl present. instance to alternate links of each chain. Into the path of the shoes 27,

of the opposite shoes 27. A third cam (not.

shown but like the cam 34) projects into the path of the shoes into which the cam 34 prov jects, at the discharging side of the machine.' When, inthe travelv of a rack, the shoe on onev end thereof encounters the ca m 34, the latter bears 'against that shoe to force the cam-heads 24-in.the direction to cause the ,cam-slots 25 by their action against the fingers 33, to shift the latter' from corresponding straight ends of thecam-slot-s to the opposite straight ends.

thereof, thereby turning the levers 3l on their fulcrums to throw the gate 21 to its rack-opening position represented in the drawing. This occurs on the rear or filling side of the machine; and whilejthe rack is thus open, an attendant fills vits pockets, formed by the partitions 12, each with a bottle introduced therein neck Y, foremost.v Upon leaving such filling position, the shoe 27 on the opposite end of therack encounters the cam 35, which forces the cam-heads in the direction opposite that described, to

- swing ther gate back to its normal closing position of extending centrally along the open mouth of the rack. In undergoing the operation for opening the gate to fill a rack, the latter would extend as represented in Figs. 3 and 4. Thecontinued travel of the rack, after this closure of its gate, brings it, to extend as represented in Figs. 4 and 5, to

the discharge-side of the machine, where thel shoe on its end previously acted on by the cam 34 encounters'the third cam, referred to, which forces the cam-heads27 again in the direction to throw7 the gate to its rack.- opening position and permit' the automatic discharge of the cleansed bottles, which slide Y out of the opened rack-mouth. The rack remains thus open. until, in its continued travel, it arrives on the filling side of the machine and the cam 34 is again encounf tered by the res ective shoe to shift, the cam-heads 27 in t e direction to again effect throwing of the gate to its open position for the filling purpose. The arched form of the loops 22 expands them where the projecting ends ofthe fingers 33 traverse them to permit the fingers to pass. 1

gate in its thrown position against any tendency` of the fingers 'to becme dislodged from their seats and thus accidentally and improperly throw the gate.

WhatJ I claimy as new and ldesire to' secure by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a bottle-.rack body,

a gate supported near its ends lto swing aty right-angles toits support, and cam-heads connected with said gateand supportedto be shifted lengthwise thereof for swinging it.

2.` In combination with a bottle-rack body, a swinging` gate'for-the mouth of said body, and positively-,operating means for ythrowingfthe gate to open and close said mouth, comprising connected, longitudinally-.shifting heads containing carni-slots .and means connecting the gate with said slots.

3. In combinationl with a bottle-rack body, a gate for-the mouth of said bodyyand means for throwing the gate to open and close said mouth, comprising connected, longit-udinally-shifting'heads containing camslot-s, levers on the rack-headscarrylng said gate, and fingers extending from the levers into engagement withsaid cam-slots..

4. In combination with a bottle-'rack body,

a gate for the mouth of said body, and means for throwing the gate to open and close said mouth, comprising connected, longitudnally-shifting heads, cam-slots in said heads having intermediate curved sections and straight end-sections, levers fulcrumed on the rack-heads and carrying on corresponding ends the gate, and fingers extending/"from the leversinto the cam-slots.

. 5; In combination with a bottle-rackbody,

a. gate-bar for the mouth of said body," and 4 opposite ends, and head-guiding loops, connected heads movably supported in s aid guidingfloops and having shoes projecting from their outer ends, cam-slots in the heads having intermediate curved sections and straight end-sections, levers fulcrumed on the rack-heads to carry the gate-bar, and vngers extending from the levers into the cam-slots. v

In the presence of- R. A. SCHAEFER, JOHN WILSON. 

